Android Auto Backup
Codelab
Who am I?!
Deuphil Kaufmann
@deubaka
SDK Developer @ HyperGrowth
PADC Co-organizer
Java/Android/Mobile
Prerequisite
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Build tools at least 23.x.x
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Support library at least 23.x.x
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Android 6.0 Emulator/Device
What can it do and when?
- Auto backups your data to your Google Drive
- When device is idle
- When device is charging
- When device is connected to a Wi-Fi network
- At least 24hrs has elapsed since the last backup
- Auto-backup on Android 6.0 and up
- Except cache
- Except external storage
- Except no-backup-files directory
- Up to 25MB per app, is encrypted, and free
How?
- Do nothing!
- As long at it is Android 6.0 and up
- Define an XML scheme (in res/) in android:fullBackupContent under your <application>-declaration in your manifest
- Domains
- file
- database
- sharedpref
- external
- root
- Include and exclude
- Disable by setting android:allowBackup to false
"Testing"
- Enable system logs for backups
adb shell setprop log.tag.BackupXmlParserLogging VERBOSE- Initiate a backup
adb shell bmgr run adb shell bmgr fullbackup <PACKAGE NAME>- Initiate a restore
adb shell bmgr restore <PACKAGE NAME>Additional notes
- Pre-Marshmallow devices will need to extend the Backup API and register to Android's Backup Service
- Device dependent
- Manual
- Consider what not to backup
- Device specific tokens
- Sensitive or personal info
- Media